Newt Gingrich today in Des Moines described his new “21st Century Contract with America” as a starting point that he hopes will launch a focus on solution-based politics.

The 10-point plan unveiled today would repeal healthcare reform, allow people to invest a portion of their Social Security contributions into personal savings accounts and lift development and energy production restrictions on key areas of federally-owned land that environmentalists have coveted for decades.

Gingrich, a 2012 Republican presidential candidate, acknowledged that many of the details outline in his 26-page document are still evolving.

“The scale of change I am suggesting is so enormous that I couldn’t possibly for every single reader show you everything that I am going to do,” Ginrich said to a group of around 350 people at Principal Financial Group in downtown Des Moines. “So this is the beginning of the conversation.”

He promised a final version by Sept. 27th of next year, the 18th anniversary of the original “Contract with America.”

The contract, which Gingrich helped to write, is credited as one of the driving factors that helped the GOP win the majority for the first time in 40 years. It was limited to so-called “60 percent issues,” which was legislation that had at least 60 percent of support. That provision diverted the contract from venturing into politically divisive issues such as abortion.

It was that document that helped Gingrich become elected as Speaker of the House by his peers in 1995, where versions of the original contract such as welfare reform were passed.

Gingrich told today’s crowd that the real purpose of the 1994 contract was that is helped set the direction of the Republican Party and worked as a management document.

“It enabled us to say to our team: ‘Glad you got here. You already gave your word. Here’s what we’re doing,” Gingrich said.

Gingrich has had a bumpy campaign and many polls show him still in the single digits of support. He told the crowd today that his biggest mistake was originally launching a bid for president using a traditional approach of hiring expensive consultants. He also blamed the media for “gotcha” questions and for focusing on issues such the tweets of former New York Rep. Anthony Weiner rather than serious issues.

“We are in enough trouble that we deserve to have a serious adult conversation between two candidates for president of the United States and not Mickey Mouse situations” set up by reporters, Gingrich said.